Administrative Law
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Course Introduction
Administrative Law explores the legal principles governing the actions and decisions of administrative agencies within the executive branch of government. The course examines the statutory and constitutional foundations of administrative agencies, the processes by which agencies promulgate regulations, enforce laws, and issue adjudicative decisions, as well as the mechanisms for judicial review of agency actions. Key topics include the delegation of legislative authority, procedural fairness, the role of due process, and the remedies available to individuals affected by administrative decisions. Throughout the course, students will analyze important legislation, administrative procedures, and significant case law to understand the balance between effective government administration and the protection of individual rights.
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Public Administration in Canada 2nd Edition by Paul Barker
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Chapter 1: What Is Public Administration
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Q1) Which of the following trends has been the fastest growing trend between 1983 and 2015?
A)program spending
B)population
C)the economy
D)public service
Answer: C
Q2) Which of the following is <b>NOT</b> considered a public servant?
A)civil servant
B)senior politician
C)bureaucrat
D)government employees
Answer: B
Q3) What is the system of authority, people, offices, and methods that governments use to achieve their objectives called?
A)public bureaucracy
B)public administration
C)private administration
D)public interest
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Values and Ethics in Public Administration
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Q1) Which of the following is similar in meaning to objective responsibility?
A)administrative accountability
B)loyalty
C)identification
D)psychological responsibility
Answer: A
Q2) According to Paul Thomas, accountability should consist of an obligation to answer for the discharge of those responsible.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Public servants have security of tenure during good behaviour and satisfactory performance.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) In Ontario, the code for public servants takes the form of a regulation.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Public Administration and Organization Theory:
The Structural Foundation
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Q1) Which of the following is <b>NOT</b> an aspect of Fayol's Principle of Management?
A)technical
B)cultural
C)financial
D)commercial
Answer: D
Q2) Which of the following is <b>NOT</b> an ideal type of bureaucracy as outlined by Max Weber?
A)office management based on arbitrary decisions
B)full-time employment
C)system of hierarchical authority
D)use of written files
Answer: A
Q3) The Civil Service Commission (CSS) was established in 1908 to act as a guardian of the patronage principle.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Public Administration and Organization Theory:
The Humanistic Response and Beyond
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Q1) Which of the following is also a synonym for the sympathetic observer?
A)scientific management
B)Hawthorne experiments
C)circular response
D)integration model
Q2) Re-freezing an organization refers to identifying current dysfunctional behaviour and helping that organization to unlearn that behaviour.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Total Quality Management is a form of Participatory Management.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is a hygiene factor?
A)achievement
B)growth
C)salary
D)advancement
Q5) Achievement is a hygiene factor.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Public Administration and Organization Theory:
The New Public Management, Governance, and Beyond
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Q1) Managerialism leans on humanist thinking.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Open government fosters citizen engagement.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following theoretical propositions contends that the essence of any large organizational form is <b>NOT</b> based on a Weberian ideal-type bureaucracy?
A)Post-Bureaucratic Organization Theory
B)Managerialism
C)New Public Management
D)Public Choice Theory
Q4) What type of accountability best applies to New Public Management?
A)multi-faceted accountability
B)accountability based on process
C)accountability based on results
D)accountability based on policy
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Chapter 6: Government Departments and Central Agencies
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Q1) The head of the public service is the Clerk of the Privy Council.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following departments is a vertical constituency type of department?
A)Finance Canada
B)Privy Council office
C)Canadian Heritage
D)Justice Canada
Q3) Which of the following types of departments are considered to be the least influential?
A)horizontal administrative co-ordinative departments
B)horizontal policy co-ordinate departments
C)central agencies
D)vertical constituency departments
Q4) Which of the following statements describes the Privy Council Office?
A)It provides partisan political advice to the Prime Minister.
B)It is staffed by career public servants.
C)It is politically operationally sensitive.
D)It is headed by the Chief of Staff. To view
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Chapter 7: Crown Agencies
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Q1) What is a parent corporation?
A)They are corporate entities whereby 100 percent of their shares are owned by one or more Crown corporations.
B)They are a type of Crown corporation whereby the shares are held jointly by the government of Canada and one or more private interests.
C)They are a type of Crown corporation whose shares are directly and wholly owned by the government of Canada.
D)They are a type of Crown corporation whose shares are not directly or wholly owned by the government of Canada.
Q2) Which of the following is an example of a shared-governance corporation?
A)North Portage Development Corporation
B)Bank of Canada
C)Petro Canada
D)Wildlife Habitat Canada
Q3) Nation building and community development are two important reasons for the creation of public enterprises in Canada.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Alternative Service Delivery ASD
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Q1) Which of the following is a service agency?
A)Industrial Technologies Office
B)Canadian Coast Guard
C)Defense Research and Development Canada
D)Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Q2) Governments can enter into a variety of partnership agreements with private sector or non-profit organizations.Which type of partnership is considered to be a true partnership, where both risks and rewards are shared and both parties have a mutual dependency for sharing financial resources to achieve common objectives?
A)collaborative
B)consultative
C)community development
D)operational
Q3) Which of the following is an example of GOCO (government-owned-company-operated)?
A)Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation
B)Health Canada
C)RCMP
D)Greater Toronto Airport Authority
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Chapter 9: The Executive and the Bureaucracy
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Q1) Pierre Elliott Trudeau expanded and organized the Prime Minister's Office to improve the advisory and co-ordinating functions.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Considerations portion of the memorandum to cabinet is considered the most important part.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Cabinet committees are an integral part of the political executive.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Typically, which of the following is considered to be the second-most senior committee?
A)Defence Procurement
B)Treasury Board
C)Operations
D)Litigation Management
Q5) In addition to incorporating values, public servants also exercise power.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Interdepartmental and Intradepartmental Relations
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Q1) One of the Deputy minister's functions is to manage the department.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following statements is accurate?
A)The deputy minister is the head of all departments.
B)The minister must be an elected member of the party in power.
C)The minister is not responsible for all actions of the department.
D)There are no statutes to specify the duties of the minister.
Q3) Currently, only ministerial staff can enter into internal job competitions within the federal public service for up to one year after leaving their position.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The number of ministerial assistants decreased between 2005 and 2015. A)True B)False
Q5) A successful department requires that the deputy minister "manage down." A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: The Legislature and the Bureaucracy
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Q1) At the federal level, there exists no authoritative statement on which government bodies qualify as officers of Parliament.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following committees is chaired by a member of the opposition?
A)Agriculture and Agri-Food committee
B)Library of Parliament committee
C)Special Committees
D)Scrutiny of Regulations committee
Q3) Which of the following is an independent body that reports directly to Parliament and whose responsibilities include reviewing spending amounts by candidates and parties, and ensuring compliance with the federal electoral legislations?
A)the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer
B)the Office of the Auditor-General
C)Elections Canada
D)the Office of the Ethics Commissioner
Q4) The Office of the Ethics Commissioner administers the Conflict of Interest Code.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: The Judiciary and the Bureaucracy
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Q1) Which type of writ is issued by a superior court to quash a decision already taken by an inferior tribunal?
A)prohibition
B)mandamus
C)certiorari
D)habeas corpus
Q2) Which court is considered the highest court in the land?
A)Federal Court
B)Federal Court of Appeal
C)Military Court
D)Supreme Court of Canada
Q3) Which of the following courts have provincially appointed judges?
A)appellate division of provincial superior courts
B)trial division of provincial superior courts
C)Supreme Court of Canada
D)juvenile courts
Q4) Only appointed officials located in departments are vulnerable to court action.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Intergovernmental Administrative Relations
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Q1) Which of the following most accurately describes classical federalism?
A)Between the 1800s and 1930s, provincial powers gradually decreased.
B)Between the 1800s and the 1930s, judicial decisions always favoured the federal government in constitutional disputes.
C)Both the federal and provincial governments enjoyed exclusive jurisdiction in certain policy fields.
D)Jurisdictional conflicts during this time were settled outside of the courts.
Q2) What is the name given to the permanent committee of all the deputy ministers of finance from the federal, provincial, and territorial governments?
A)First Ministers' Conference
B)Continuing Committee of Officials
C)Council of the Federation
D)Council of Premiers
Q3) Which of the following types of federalism is more centralized?
A)unilateral federalism
B)collaborative federalism
C)co-operative federalism
D)open federalism
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Chapter 14: Non-Governmental Actors and the Bureaucracy
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Q1) Public Servants are more likely to grant access to groups that have the resources to influence the political fortunes of their minister.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What is the term given to the legitimate means by which groups and individuals try to influence government decisions through direct contact with politicians and public servants?
A)lobbying
B)public opinion polls
C)judicial action
D)free-riding
Q3) What issue was the at the core of the "Idle No More" campaign?
A)students in Quebec protesting an increase in tuition fee
B)a movement that protested against a federal bill that violated aboriginal treaty rights
C)mistreatment of prisoners by police officers
D)mistreatment of G20 protestors by police officers
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Chapter 15: The Management of Human Resources
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Q1) As of 2014, which occupational category is the largest in terms of full-time employees?
A)executive group
B)administrative and foreign service
C)operational
D)technical
Q2) The government moved from a traditional and highly centralized model of personnel administration to one that is associated with NPM.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which type of employee cannot work in the public service for longer than 90 days?
A)indeterminate employee
B)term employee
C)determinate employee
D)casual employee
Q4) Casual employees can only be part-time employees.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: Representative Bureaucracy and Employment Equity
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Q1) The values arising from socialization are not reflected whatsoever in the behaviour of public servants or their recommendations and decisions.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following fall under the employment equity program?
A)seniors
B)Francophones
C)members of the LGBT community
D)aboriginal peoples
Q3) More than 40 percent of Aboriginal public servants work in just three organizations.Which of the following is <b>NOT</b> one of the three organizations?
A)Aboriginal Affairs Canada
B)Correctional Service Canada
C)Heritage Canada
D)Employment and Social Development Canada
Q4) Pay Equity stands for " equal pay for equal work."
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 17: The Budgetary Process
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Q1) Who tables the Estimates?
A)Department of Finance
B)Privy Council Office
C)Prime Minister's Office
D)Treasury Board Secretariat
Q2) Territorial Formula Financing is a form of major transfer from federal to provincial and territorial governments.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is best described as a style of budgeting that emphasizes the object of the expenditure rather than the purpose of the expenditure?
A)line-item budgeting
B)performance budgeting
C)program budgeting
D)incremental budgeting
Q4) Line-item budgeting only measures inputs used.
A)True
B)False
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